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26 Jun

Fired for factual errors: when the punishment doesn’t fit the crime

In a column for the Columbia Journalism Review, Craig Silverman, the self-described “errors guy” of Regret the Error fame, sticks up for fired Telegraph-Journal intern Matt McCann. McCann, a journalism […]

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26 Jun

Globe and Mail contract talks break down

With the current employee contract set to expire early next week, contract talks between the newspaper’s management and the union representing staffers have broken down, the Canadian Press reports. The […]

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26 Jun

Just Beat It, Frank !

Courtoisie de Paulémique

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25 Jun

Teen media usage not so different, study argues

For many in the traditional media business, attracting young readers and viewers is like searching for the Holy Grail, a quest that never quite succeeds as hoped. However, according to How Teens Use Media, a new “myth-debunking” […]

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25 Jun

[UPDATED] Masthead releases Top 50 Mags report

[NOTE: This post has been updated] Chatelaine, the Rogers-owned women’s service magazine, remains in the number one position on Masthead Online‘s annual ranking of Canada’s top 50 magazines. According to […]

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25 Jun

New project tracks reports released by government

An online project for journalists that tracks and links to government and NGO reports in Canada, which launched in April, now has more than 170 entries. Reports Canada, a blog […]

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25 Jun

Two Sun Media community weeklies in Alberta suffer cutbacks

“Sun Media’s Alberta weeklies continue to experience the wrath of Quebecor cutbacks, the latest being the Pincher Creek Echo and the Crowsnest Pass Promoter.”

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25 Jun

New study finds online news audiences growing during recession

With all the hardship facing newspapers, some good news comes from the Center for the Digital Future.  It found more people are reading news online and spending more time doing […]

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25 Jun

CBC maps media ownership in Canada

The CBC’s John Bowman has created an interactive, visual representation of media ownership across the country. The result is an example of new digital storytelling techniques where there is less […]

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25 Jun

Twitter tools continue to be used in innovative ways

“Vancouver’s two daily metropolitan newspapers have embraced BubbleTweet. The Vancouver Sun and The Province, both owned by Canwest, are embedding the bubble-shaped pop-ups on their Twitter pages to tell readers […]

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